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[EuroArts 2072258] Ormandy conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninov

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Channel: Naxos Music · 2010 · Music

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The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy

Eugene Ormandys unbroken forty-two-year association with the Philadelphia Orchestra was unique in history. Famous for its rich and powerful Philadelphia Sound, the orchestra was described by Rachmaninov as the greatest virtuoso orchestra in the world. Ormandy was a close friend of the composer, and it was to celebrate the conductors eightieth birthday that they performed Rachmaninovs magnificent and powerful Second Symphony, a performance whose authenticity would be difficult to beat.

REPERTOIRE:
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird  Concert Suite for orchestra No. 2 (1919); Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27

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